Why gingerly avoiding the big picture ? Why not go for that, too ?
This would be true if the officer “stood his ground” in the administrative sense and shielded himself within the system. He resigned immediately and shed those supports and no sooner than he did so the leadership of the FW police showed no hesitation to denounce and disown him.
I am a terrible cynic. But this will not be anywhere close to an exoneration. His best defence at this point is simply: “I was scared, I fucked up.” And he fucked up by failing to uphold training and procedure. The only way he gets a light treatment is if his attorney(s) manage to put FW police recruitment and training on trial. Even then, he goes to prison for homicide (to what degree will be at the whim of his jury).
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Do three burglars really park their truck yards away from the house they’re burgling and on the opposite side of the street on a Saturday early afternoon and walk back and forth with equipment including first an old furnace and then an old furnace, metal ducts, etc. The neighbor and I’ve never learned who it was had no idea what he or she was looking out.
My front door was open so when I heard “It’s the police, ma’am, can we talk to you?” and saw one cop standing at my wide open front door (the “burglars” access to the house) it scared the shit of me. They were polite and explained why they were there, I reassured them that there was nothing wrong, and I’ll always believe it was a waste of resources.
I’ve updated the BBC bookmark to this.
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Leonard is talking about voters who can’t be reached. They’re not voting with economics on their mind but what they see as their spiritual self interest. If they believe 45 is going to serve their spirituality, they are really beyond taking into consideration.
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There is a very short body cam image available. He yells “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” He does not identify himself as a police officer. Two seconds later he fired.
The Times reported that the White House has “exchanged letters with Ms. Hill’s lawyer about precedents regarding the confidentiality of presidential communications,” in the paper’s words.
Heh heh heh. Love to see those!
No kidding. I read it was less than four seconds between the cop having seen the victim in her home and murdering her. He’s been charged now.
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Anybody know what Mulvaney’s role is? He’s been awfully quiet these last couple of days, no, weeks.
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He knew the rules …he just didn’t think they applied to him!
Future Tee Shirt?
Their lives are not just the same … The tariffs and the lost China market are driving more family farms into bankruptcy. The older generation with equity in the farm can hold on but the youngsters are at risk.
I’m having a great deal of trouble of conceiving the smallest smidgen of a possibility that Pompeo was the whistleblower.
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If the red staters continue to vote people like Trump into office we would far better served buying our food from abroad. Being forced into other occupations …aka. Exposed to cities might change their views.
Note that if Trump continues his current policies he will force this outcome for us.
A shrine at a sewerage treatment plant?
Whatever floats their boats, I guess.
I want the clothespin concession
Yeah, I read that last night. Way too trigger happy. otoh, these cops don’t know who’s got a gun with so many of them being out there. I think some training is in order so that shooting isn’t the first response.
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Keep an eye out for the Ukraine stuff to not just be a ‘shadow’ diplomacy for Chump politically, but to enrich himself.
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He was caught up in the Mueller investigation, convicted, and deported.
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Somebody on tv mentioned decades. I gotta think 1970s, when they were getting started in NYC.
Well, they dodged the draft together back in the day – but that’s probably not the sort of pure co-incidence you’re talking about.
Also pure co-incidence: When Giuliani returned from DC to New York in the mid-'80s, and for all his years thereafter as a super-duper federal prosecutor at SDNY, he saw nothing to investigate in Trump’s career.
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Yes, I read it. But it remains to be seen if all of those Iowans stay that course. Trump hasn’t done anything to make their lives better or more secure. I can see that pendulum swinging back for some.
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